A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, R2-D2 beeped and booped—and now birds that copy the Star Wars character are giving scientists fresh insight into how different species imitate complex sounds ...

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Motorola and Verizon’s Droid R2-D2 will be in stores on September 30 for $249. Everyone’s favorite astromech will be bundled together with a wired headset and media dock in carbonite-like packaging.

Star Wars has no shortage of rad droids. There’s a fussy gay butler droid (C-3PO), a droid that’s a literal ball of fun (BB-8), another fussy but way more aggressive droid (K-2SO), a murder droid that ...

After watching “Star Wars” with his sons Alex, left, and Zach, George Westwater had them help him make a droid of their own. (Jill Toyoshiba/Kansas City Star via McClatchy-Tribune) Most people just ...